Proverbs 27:22

Proverbs 27:22 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

22Though you grind a fool in a mortar,

grinding them like grain with a pestle,

you will not remove their folly from them.

22Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,

His foolishness still will not leave him.

22Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,

Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

22Even though you pound a [hardened, arrogant] fool [who rejects wisdom] in a mortar with a pestle like grain,

Yet his foolishness will not leave him.

22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle,

yet his folly will not depart from him.

22Suppose you could grind a foolish person in a mill.

Suppose you could grind them as you would grind grain with a tool.

Even then you could not remove their foolishness from them.